I doubt it
I think you're right that the discoloring is from sight work. Most muzzleloading barrels are somewhat mild steel so you're not looking at a loss of temper when it got heated, or for that matter overheated.
You can do more damage to a barrel by not using a bore guide than heating it, and with our steel ramrods probably more than a cleaning rod would.
If it bothers you, warm the barrel on a stove and apply some blueing solution.
Bob Anderson
Ordnance Sergeant
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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